Update
Sean is doing somewhat better. He spiked another fever Tuesday evening, so we took him in to the clinic Wednesday afternoon. He does have an ear infection, but they think the rest of it (the coughing like a TB ward, sore throat and runny nose) is the Dayton-area COLD OF DOOM '08.
Ian is coughing quite a bit, but no other symptoms. Matt seems to be on the mend from it.
I have not gotten a cough. I have, however, nearly completely lost my voice. I don't have any other cold symptoms, so I don't know quite why. There's only two things I can think of: I changed allergy medicines from Claritin to Zyrtec, and Matt brought me home a spray of Stargazer Lilies, one more of which opened up in the last few days.
I quit taking the Zyrtec last night. I just made the connection of new blossom about the time the voice loss hit today, so I put the lily in the trash outside. I do have very slightly more voice today-- I still sound like crap, but I can hit a few more notes before my voice completely peters out. I'm trying to stay as silent as I possibly can, which is driving the kids crazy.
The problem: I have the first performance of my wonderful Catholic music group tomorrow evening, and right now I don't know how I would be able to sing in it. I'm so disappointed and upset about this that I could just scream (and I might, if it weren't totally counter-productive).
This freaking sucks.
Ian is coughing quite a bit, but no other symptoms. Matt seems to be on the mend from it.
I have not gotten a cough. I have, however, nearly completely lost my voice. I don't have any other cold symptoms, so I don't know quite why. There's only two things I can think of: I changed allergy medicines from Claritin to Zyrtec, and Matt brought me home a spray of Stargazer Lilies, one more of which opened up in the last few days.
I quit taking the Zyrtec last night. I just made the connection of new blossom about the time the voice loss hit today, so I put the lily in the trash outside. I do have very slightly more voice today-- I still sound like crap, but I can hit a few more notes before my voice completely peters out. I'm trying to stay as silent as I possibly can, which is driving the kids crazy.
The problem: I have the first performance of my wonderful Catholic music group tomorrow evening, and right now I don't know how I would be able to sing in it. I'm so disappointed and upset about this that I could just scream (and I might, if it weren't totally counter-productive).
This freaking sucks.